Patrick Comins leads the way

The recent guided tour of Guilford Birding Areas lead by Patrick Comins from Audobon Connection yielded some fabulous bird sightings including Seaside and Saltmarsh Sparrows and Caspian Terns. Helping to protect critical habitat for these special creatures is a core objective of the land trust and we will be organizing similar outings in future walk programs.

Saltmarsh Sparrows and Caspian Terns were some of the species spotted during the walk

Having Patrick on hand to offer his insight and experience was appreciated by everyone who took part, and even slightly overcast skies could not dampen this interesting event.

The Guilford Birding Areas walk was one of several organized events organized by the trust, details of these events can be found on the calendar page of this web site.

Biologist Steve Gephard

The trust’s annual meeting will take place on June 13, 2010 at Dudley Farm. Starting at 4 pm, we shall conduct a short business meeting which will include the Annual Treasurer’s Report.

Light refreshments will be provided and state fisheries biologist Steve Gephard will be speaking about restoring diadromous fish in Connecticut.

Dudley Farm is located on the northeast corner of Routes 77 and 80 in North Guilford. For directions click here

Members of Bear Den 1 with their extensive haul

On May 1st Bear Den 1 from Cub Scout Pack 475, sponsored by Guilford Lakes School, cleaned up a section of salt marsh conserved by the land trust. Together they managed to gather a sizable array of trash and debris which was then taken away for proper disposal.

The trust recently published its spring 2010 newsletter. Members should have received a personal copy in the mail, but it can also be downloaded on-line.

The edition includes details of our annual meeting which will take place on June 13, 2010 where Biologist Steve Gephard will be the guest speaker.

Read about how pupils of A.W. Cox School are learning to become nature explorers and how neighbors to some of our properties have become valued stewards.

To download the full newsletter (in pdf format) click here, or on the image.

Photo by Peter Otis

This charming view of the “Soundview” area of town will forever be protected due to the Guilford Land Conservation Trust’s foresight to buy the property for a future purchase by the DEP.

The quotation was taken from an article by Linda Abrahamsson that appeared in the Guilford Courier, published by Shore Publishing on May 13, 2010.

In 2009 the land trust purchased the 45-acre property known as Soundview as a way of ensuring its interim protection until the Connecticut Department of Environment was able secure federal grant funding. To read the full story, click here.